&lt;em&gt;The Health Consequences of Armed Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa&lt;/em&gt;: How Much Do Conflict Intensity and Proximity Matter?

Openshaw, Mark R.

doi:10.2979/africonfpeacrevi.2.1.1

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“…To our knowledge, these contextual factors have been used to further define the consequences of conflicts on adult mortality (Q. Li and Wen 2005) and general health (Iqbal 2006; Openshaw 2012) at the country level but have not been used to examine mental health disparities among immigrants.…”

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The Impact of Armed Conflict in the Country of Origin on Mental Health after Migration to Canada

Joly

Wheaton

2014

Society and Mental Health

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This article examines mental health differences among migrants who emigrated from both armed conflict countries and non–conflict countries versus native-born Canadians. We propose that the impact of armed conflict on mental health depends on defining characteristics of the conflict. Our analysis of migrants to Toronto, Canada, suggests that exposure to major intrastate conflicts have long-term impacts on depression among women and anxiety levels among men after migration. We assess the role of different stages and types of stress proliferation in explaining these differences. Postmigratory chronic stress helps explain differences in depression between migrant women who experienced conflict and both those who did not and Canadian-born women. Conversely, traumatic stress that occurred during the ongoing armed conflict at time of migration helped explain differences in anxiety between migrant men exposed to conflict and both migrant men not exposed and Canadian-born men.

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The Impact of Armed Conflict in the Country of Origin on Mental Health after Migration to Canada

Joly

Wheaton

2014

Society and Mental Health

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{Proximity}_j

is a dummy variable taking the value 1 if the child lives in a cluster that is located within 50, 75 or 100 km from a conflict event site. It is worth mentioning that there is no particular theory supporting the choice of the buffers, and their selection is somewhat arbitrary (Kotsadam & Østby, 2019; Openshaw, 2012). However, the choice of these distance bands follows past studies on the effect of conflict on child welfare (Akresh et al, 2016; Wagner et al, 2018).…”

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“…To estimate the effect of the 2002-2011 protracted Ivorian conflict on child welfare, this study uses two rounds of nationally representative DHS surveys (Côte d'Ivoire DHS 1998-2012. The 1998 fielded between September and November 1998 and February and March 1999, while the 2011-2012 survey was conducted between December 2011 and May 2012.…”

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“…For Rwanda, Akresh et al (2011) argue that the destruction of economic assets, the theft of livestock or the burning of crops could be possible mechanisms through which conflict affects child health. Minoiu and Shemyakina (2014) ( Source: 1998-2012Côte d'Ivoire DHS and ACLED (2010.…”

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“…T A B L E 1 1 D Impact of conflict on child health (possible transmission mechanism: Hospital delivery). Data sources: 1998-2012Côte d'Ivoire DHS, and ACLED (2010.…”

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This paper analyses the impact of the 2002–2011 period of instability in Côte d'Ivoire on child health. It uses two rounds of DHS surveys (1998–1999 and 2011–2012) and geo‐referenced data on conflict event locations, which gives more precise estimates of the effects of conflict on child welfare. Regressions using both spatial and temporal variations of conflict events across birth cohorts show a negative association between proximity to conflict events and child height‐for‐age z‐score. The study also suggests that maternal stress and disruptions of healthcare services are possible channels through which conflict affects child wellbeing.

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<em>The Health Consequences of Armed Conflict in Sub-Saharan Africa</em>: How Much Do Conflict Intensity and Proximity Matter?

Cited by 4 publications

References 35 publications

The Impact of Armed Conflict in the Country of Origin on Mental Health after Migration to Canada

The Impact of Armed Conflict in the Country of Origin on Mental Health after Migration to Canada

Local‐level exposure to conflicts and child health: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire

The human consequences of foreign military intervention

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